Reborn In 17th century India with Black Technology - Chapter 290

Chapter 290: Consolidation of Gujarat Chapter 290: Consolidation of Gujarat October 27th, 1655 Gujarat region, Bhuj City, Dakshin Bhartiya Empire.

The day in Bhuj was cloudy, and heavy rains poured onto the streets.

The temperature was below 20 degrees, and the streets were flooded with rainwater.

The roads, which had been paved with clay, had already broken down, turning into mud pits, becoming very sticky and slimy.

This unpleasant weather in the city of Bhuj was perfect for staying at home and enjoying some spicy fried snacks with a hot beverage.

Unfortunately, the people of Bhuj didn’t seem to follow the norms.

In the centre of the main commercial street of Bhuj City, people, comprising of both women and men, gathered together, looking over at the platform that had been constructed.

On top of this platform, five men were standing with their hands tied behind their backs.

Behind them, five different coiled ropes were placed, waiting to be worn.

Their faces looked saddened and desperate, and the falling rain made it only more desolate.

*Dong* With the ringing of the bell, these people jerked as if it was their heart that was being tugged.

The rope, which was already hanging behind them, was firmly tied to their necks.

The people felt like the rope hanging around their necks was a fire-breathing dragon about to devour their lives at any second.

The itching on the skin and the wet sensation of the rope, which produced even more chill, left them unable to withstand the pressure.

Some of them passed out due to despair, but unfortunately, as soon as they lost consciousness, the neck tightened, causing a choking sensation and subsequently causing the nobles to wake up.

This happened for a few of them multiple times until they finally got used to the sensation of the rope and the pressure and looked at the executioner with dull eyes.

Simultaneously, the executioner, who is from the Dakshin Bharathiya Empire and oversees the execution of these previous Mughal nobles and now prisoners, came forward with a list of sins committed by these Mughal nobles.

The list was very long, including embezzlement of people’s property, numerous rape cases, in which more than half of the cases involved underage children, and a quarter of it involved cases where the master raped women behind his servants’ backs due to the weird fetish of the master of the city.

There were even some cases of making the father/husband watch as their loved ones were violated.

Apart from these filthy sins, there was a long list of embezzlement of taxes.

As their sins were called out one by one, the faces of the Mughal nobles flushed with a mix of anger and embarrassment.

The skeletons hidden in their closets had finally been exposed, revealing their own actions that went against their own religion.

Ironically, they had often used religious justifications for their crimes, even deriving enjoyment from the despair and anger of their victims.

Now, faced with the consequences, they were furious to find themselves in a position where they could only beg for forgiveness and plead for mercy from the master whom they had once looked down upon.

Unfortunately, they soon realized that even if they pleaded with everything they had, it would be futile.

They observed the people, who were fuming with anger; they could see it in their eyes.

These people wanted nothing but to burn every cell in their bodies alive.

A fat man, who was the head of the group of five nobles, had never seen a person who looked so ready to eat him alive if given the chance.

Suddenly, things started to take a very bad direction as the fat man saw a few people pick up stones from the road, which had become easier to pick up because of the rain washing away the top layer of the soil.

Seeing this sight, He was already willing to accept his death by hanging instead of being stoned to death.

It was no different from that Christ guy, whom the Christians believe.

“Damn monsters!” “They deserve to die!” “My mother was killed by this bastard, I didn’t know until now.” *Swoosh* The people were out for blood as they chanted for the immediate beheading of the nobles.

This chance turned into violent stone pelting when a little boy, around the age of 12, heard about his mother being brutally assaulted by these pig bastards.

The kid had a few tears in his eyes as he remembered his mother going out that day to get some flowers for his birthday, and that was the last time he saw her.

The kid’s aim was neither accurate nor even strong enough to reach the stage, but what the kid was successful in was igniting the rage within each and every witnessing citizen of Bhuj.

Immediately, everyone picked up stones one by one and threw them directly at the nobles.

If there wasn’t a barricade blocking their path, they would even dare to go up to the stage and devour the Mughal nobles themselves.

“Please, please calm down, please.” The officials of the Bharatiya Empire tried to calm the people down, but unfortunately, they did not have a person like Sarvesh to warn them not to go against the heightened emotions of the people without proper preparation.

One of the officers of the Bharatiya Empire who was trying to calm the people was also injured by a few stones hitting him right in the head.

He fell unconscious with a bleeding wound on his cheek.

Fortunately, it only looked like a temporary concussion with a light-skin injury.

Seeing this man’s injury, the rest of the officials learned their lesson and quickly backed away, letting the people vent their emotions.

“Ah!” “Please, don’t!” “Nooo!” “Ah!” Unlike the Bharatiya officials who swiftly retreated, the previous Mughal nobles weren’t as fortunate; they found themselves firmly restrained in place, unable to escape their predicament.

The rocks, which numbered in the hundreds, squarely hit their bodies and faces.

Although the flesh in their bodies did a good job of providing some cushion, this did not last long as bruises broke out all over their bodies due to repeated damage on the same spots.

Their bones were starting to appear, and they were slowly cracking.

A few of them had already passed away from the amount of blood loss, and the remaining two people who were barely hanging on were also subsequently killed by the same people they had despised and ruled over, like lions over sheep.

Unfortunately, the so-called lions were pelted to death by the so-called sheep.

Finally, by conquering the city of Bhuj, the Dakshin Bharatiya Empire was successful in completely enclosing the region of Gujarat.

Now, the rule over Gujarat is as good as the resource value of gold.

As soon as the city was conquered, the stocked-up defensive supplies like cement, artillery, and ready-made defensive equipment were all directly shipped to Bhuj from Ahmedabad, with Surendra Nagar as a transit station.

Since the strategy of facing Gujarat shifted from an offensive strategy to a defensive strategy, the defensive front of the Dakshin Bharatiya Empire in Gujarat shifted from Dhaman to Surat, covering a distance of 88 kilometres.

From Surat, it moved to Bharuch, spanning 57 kilometres, and then further to Vadodara, covering 75 more kilometres.

Continuing the march, it advanced from Vadodara to Ahmedabad, another hundred kilometres.

Progressing onward, the front moved from Ahmedabad to Surendra Nagar, a distance of 101 kilometres, and finally from Surendra Nagar to Bhuj, culminating in a final push of 213 kilometres.

Over the span of nearly one month, the Dakshin Bharathiya Empire was able to conquer 634 kilometres’ worth of land, consisting of seven main cities which were consecutively turned into defensive fortresses, effectively cutting off the Mughal Empire’s interference in the affairs of Gujarat.

Although the southern part of Gujarat has not been touched, those parts are now as good as within the basket of the empire because, with these seven fortresses, the lower part of Gujarat is effectively choked in all four directions, both throughout the sea and throughout the land.

Overall, the next plan of both Commander Narasimha Nayak and Ramayya Senapati, along with both intelligence directors Roshan from the Bharatiya External Pragya and Aditya from Bharatiya Sainic Pragya, decided it was time to close the net.

Subsequently, they sent envoys to various cities throughout the southern part of Gujarat in order to have them surrender for their lives to be spared.

While this was going on in Gujarat, back in the state of Vijayanagara, in the Bharatiya Academy of Military Sciences, Hey Ram arranged manpower in the last two days to quickly polish out the details, specifications, and designs, along with principles of the Heliograph.

These were made into various theses and books to be stored in the empire’s library for eligible scientists to access.

After finishing these procedures, the finalized prototype was sent directly to His Majesty Vijay.

For transporting this prototype, an elephant had to be used, but not for the purpose one might think.  Just a few months ago, Vijay tried to import some draught horses from Europe and see if he could naturalize them to the local climate conditions.

Unfortunately, most, if not all, of the draught horses in Europe had been acclimatized to colder climates, diets, and weather.

As soon as they set foot on the land of Bharat, their health was severely affected, and within a few weeks, they died out.

So, Vijay decided to try some other methods.

Until then, elephants were the only heavyweight transportation choice for the Bharatiya Empire.

As for what was so heavy for the elephants to be used?

Well, actually, contrary to common assumptions, it was due to the weight of the wagon, which was reinforced with the same iron alloy used to make cannons, rather than the prototype itself.

This new wagon, designed by the Bharatiya Academy of Military Sciences, drew inspiration from the war wagons of the European Middle Ages.

However, they proved to be bulky and impractical for troop movement.

During transportation, horses-or in this case, elephants-were the weak link, as injuring them could render the carriage vulnerable.

Nonetheless, the wagon offered greater protection to the soldiers compared to their usual mode of travel.

Unfortunately, mass production of these carriages was unfeasible, as sheet metal production still relied on manual labour.

Machines for rolling and shearing sheets had yet to be developed.

So overall, only a handful of these heavy-armoured carriages were manufactured, and Vijay had them used for the transportation of highly confidential or high-security products.

He also visualized these carriages being used to transport paper currency to various banks in as short as a few weeks.

As for the prototype of the heliograph, it is not actually very heavy.

The tripod stand of the heliograph weighs only 15 kilograms, and the lamp base weighs 7 kilograms.

The fuel reservoir weighs according to the amount of fuel it contains, but the maximum weight it can reach is two kilograms.

The weight of the Wick system and the chimney are negligible compared to the rest of the parts, and as for the mirror, which is actually the heaviest part, it weighs 30 kilograms.

So overall, the heliograph could weigh a maximum of 82 kg, but these numbers could be reduced to as low as 41 kilograms by using thinner metal for the base and a smaller mirror.

Vijay, after inspecting the prototype one more time, directly sent it to the Raya Shipyard in order to install this device on the Dhristi Class Catamaran that is under construction.

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